Motion calibration

For some reason on iPhone 6, the motion calibration location services is always on. I do not know which application could be forcing this to turn on always, but it's getting annoying.
Anyone know of any common apps that might cause this or is this just ios8 on iphone 6, thank you.

I have the same problem with an iPhone 6 restored from a 5S: motion calibration keeps the location arrow on always. I just tried something... If I calibrate the compass, the location arrow goes off and stays off for a while, but then it comes back on. A simplistic observation is that calibration is not "sticking".

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